Police trial AV phone

New technology to help people who have difficulty using voice telephones is being trialled by police in Avon and Somerset, reports BBC News.

The system brings together voice, video and text simultaneously in phone calls. A video-relay service is also planned so that deaf and the hearing-impaired can communicate via sign language interpreters.

Avon Fire and Rescue Service is also supporting the project, which is partly funded by the European Commission.

Jupiter Systems, a provider in display wall technology, reports record sales to the security and surveillance industry worldwide, says Business Wire.

This record demand for high performance audio-visual security and surveillance solutions is to be used in law enforcement, defence, and public transportation

“There has been growing demand for security and surveillance applications utilising advanced audio-visual technologies around the world, in sectors as diverse as law enforcement, corporate security, public utility infrastructure, transportation and telecommunications,” says Brady Bruce, VP of marketing and strategic alliances at Jupiter Systems.

3D design software company Autodesk has updated its Digital Entertainment Creation software suites for 3D modelling, animation, effects and rendering, writes The Star Online.

The 2011 versions of Maya, 3Ds Max, Softimage and other software have been improved to take advantage of better hardware, such as Intel's latest quad-core processors, as well as new nVidia and ATI graphics cards.

Autodesk's products also now work better with the 64-bit version of Snow Leopard, the Mac operating system.